Its story

HIP 52884 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 52884: right ascension 10h 48m 58s, declination −9° 6′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 52884. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 52884, HD 93704, Gaia DR3 3761535145271290496. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.